Cat Awareness Month – BC SPCA

June is Cat Awareness month and animal lovers around the province are donning their cat ears in support of their feline friends.

Animal lovers are encouraged to order their cat ears from the BC SPCA online store at shop.spca.bc.ca or pick up a pair (by donation) from their local SPCA branch now and then wear them, take pictures of them and share them on social media the week of June 3rd.

The initiative is designed to raise awareness about the provinceâ€™s cat overpopulation problem, an issue the BC SCPA is determined to overcome.

â€śThere are still too many cats and not enough homes for all of them. If theyâ€™re abandoned or left outside to roam, they will reproduce. But over three-quarters of all kittens born outside will die before their first birthday,â€ť says BC SPCA general manager of community relations Lorie Chortyk. â€śItâ€™s not a safe place for them out there, with frostbite, mites, traffic and predatory wildlife to contend with. Pet guardians must realize that they can actually save lives by having their cat spayed or neutered.â€ť

Wearing the BC SPCA-issue cat ears is a fun and light-hearted way to draw attention to this issue. Check out this weekâ€™s kind act at millionacts.ca to find out more.

Million Acts of Kindness is a year-long initiative devoted to promoting acts of kindness and compassion towards companion animals, farm animals and wildlife. A different act is featured each week, something everyone can do, regardless of age or their ability own pets. The acts are tallied and updated monthly and include acts of kindness for abused, injured, neglected and homeless animals carried out by the BC SPCA.

Sign up now at millionacts.ca and share the link with your family and friends. If one kind act can change the life of an animal forever, imagine what a million acts will do!

The BC SPCA is a non-profit organization funded primarily by public donations. Our mission is to prevent cruelty and to promote the welfare of animals through a wide range of services, including cruelty investigations, emergency rescue and treatment, sheltering and adoption of homeless and abused animals, humane education, advocacy, farm animal welfare, spay/neuter programs, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.